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Condé Nast to launch Vogue magazine in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is set to have its own Vogue magazine from Spring 2019, according to local publication South China Morning Post. “We are delighted to launch Vogue in Hong Kong. This magical city has long been a magnet for shoppers and a center of taste and luxury in the heart of Greater China”, Condé Nast’s Chairman and Chief Executive, Jonathan...

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Hong Kong's new fight against fast fashion

Despite Hong Kong's reputation for rampant consumerism, a nascent movement against fast fashion is taking root in the city, with clothes-mending workshops and pop-up swaps growing in popularity, and designers parading recycled fabrics on the catwalk. From broken umbrellas to discarded curtains, no material is too shabby for designer Jesse Lee,...

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Hong Kong builds its fashion future as Centrestage hosts third season

In the world of fashion Hong Kong played, for the most part, a role centered on the production and sourcing of garments. Yet as manufacturing continues to shift south, the city hopes to nurture local design talent by backing fashion fairs like Centrestage that took place from September 5 to 8. Walking into the fairgrounds of the third edition of...

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Hong Kong: most targeted market for international retailers in 2017

Hong Kong is the place to be for retailers exploring foreign markets. For the third year in a row, the region has scored the top spot on an annual list of most targeted markets for international retailers, made by real estate investment firm CBRE. A total of 85 international retailers have entered Hong Kong’s market for the first time last year,...

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EcoChic Design Awards prepares for 2017 cycle

London - The EcoChic Design Award, the world's biggest sustainable design competition open to emerging designers, has issued its last call for applications for its 2017 cycle. Founded in 2011 by Hong Kong based NGO Redress, the EcoChic Design Award challenges upcoming designers and students to create a collection with minimal textile waste,...

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Christina Dean: 'There is real demand for learning about sustainable fashion'

Christina Dean, the founder and president of Redress (an environmental NGO based in Hong Kong) took on the mission to reduce the impact of textiles on the environment. En route to Paris, Christina Dean took a moment to talk Fashionunited about their sustainable goals, Redress and the EcoChic Design Award. FashionUnited: When did you first start...

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Christina Dean: ''There is real demand for learning about sustainable fashion'

Christina Dean, the founder and president of Redress (an environmental NGO based in Hong Kong) took on the mission to reduce the impact of textiles on the environment. En route to Paris, Christina Dean to moment to talk Fashionunited about their sustainable goals, Redress and the EcoChic Design Award. FashionUnited: When did you first start...

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Hong Kong undergoes fashion renaissance

Soulless supermalls housing luxury labels, traditional suit tailors, and markets full of cheap designer knock-offs, Hong Kong's flaccid fashion scene has long struggled to compete with the sartorial cool of Tokyo's Harajuku, or the street style of Hongdae in Seoul. But a new generation of independent designers in Hong Kong is changing all that...

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2016, a year to forget for luxury retailers in Hong Kong

The retail sector in Hong Kong recorded the poorest annual sales in nearly two decades last year, according to a report by the ‘Nikkei Asian Review’. The Hong Kong government argues that this ‘annus terribilis’ partly responds to the declining number of Chinese tourists visiting the territory. The report reveals that retail sales in Hong Kong...

Business

Slow watch sales push Richemont to cut staff

Swiss luxury goods giant Richemont will cut 210 jobs at its Piaget and Vacheron Constantin high-end watchmakers, a union source said Monday. The world's second-biggest luxury group had warned earlier this month that it would have to deal with overcapacity issues as sales of exclusive watches were facing such a tough time it was buying some...

Retail

Hong Kong remains global retail mecca, despite high rents

Hong Kong's inflated retail rents and high mark-ups on designer goods haven't dented its image as a global shopping mecca. According to the latest CBRE report, Hong Kong remains firmly at number 6 as a preferred retail destination. 24 percent of international retails see Hong Kong as a key market for expansion. In its seventh edition of How...

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Rare oval diamond expected to fetch 35 million US dollars in Hong Kong sale

A 10.10 carat vivid blue diamond is expected to set the record for the most expensive piece of jewellery sold at auction in Asia despite an ongoing growth slowdown in China's economy, Sotheby's said Friday. The "De Beers Millennium Jewel 4" is expected to fetch between 30 million US dollars and 35 million US dollars at the April 5 sale in Hong...